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FSSA Investment Managers adds two investment team hires

29 April, 2025: FSSA Investment Managers is delighted to announce the appointment of two new investment analysts to join the FSSA investment team.

Manya Mishra joins as an investment analyst focused on India equities and will relocate from Mumbai to join our Singapore office in July. Manya has 10 years of investment experience, most recently as a senior investment analyst at Arisaig Partners, where she covered consumer businesses and digital platforms in India. Prior to Arisaig, she was an analyst at Barings Private Equity India.

Ziqi Deng joins as an investment analyst covering Asia and emerging markets, with a focus on China. Ziqi was previously a global emerging markets portfolio manager at Genesis in London, and at Matthews Asia in San Francisco Ziqi managed a range of Asia and China A Share portfolios. Ziqi will commence in our London office in May and move to Hong Kong in early 2026.

As a leading investment team including 15 investment professionals FSSA Investment Managers manages a range of Asia Pacific and Global Emerging Markets equity strategies on behalf of institutional and wholesale clients globally.

The team employs a conviction-based, bottom-up stock selection process with a strong emphasis on fundamental research and analysis. With our conservative, long-term investment approach, we seek to invest in quality companies, focusing on capital preservation as well as long-term capital growth.

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About FSSA Investment Managers

FSSA Investment Managers are specialists in Asia Pacific and Global Emerging Markets equity strategies. We manage US$21.8 billion^ on behalf of clients globally. Operating as an autonomous investment team within First Sentier Investors, we are a team of dedicated investment professionals based in Hong Kong and Singapore.

We are bottom-up investors, using fundamental research and analysis to construct high-conviction portfolios. We conduct more than a thousand direct company meetings a year, seeking to identify high quality companies that we can invest in for the long term.

As responsible, long-term shareholders, we have integrated ESG analysis into our investment process and engage extensively on environmental, labour and governance issues.

^as at 31st December 2024 

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